RE: Re[2]: Americas Cup

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Eskridge [mailto:bryny_at_dfweahs.net]
> Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 6:39 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: Re[2]: Americas Cup
>
>
> Mladen, have you ever seen video of what a Coast Guard .50cal can do
> to a fishing boat? I don't know what armament Ellison's interceptor
> could carry, but I suspect the mounts would support something that
> could easily turn a racing yacht into toothpicks.
>

No, I haven't seen that video, but I imagine that the problem would be to slow the plane sufficiently to have at least a second to aim. There is a plane moving with a speed of 900MP/H and it has to hit a boat with a speed of 20 MP/H. How much time will the pilot have for aiming? MiG-25 is not a dive bomber.
Coast guard, on the other hand, is using boats to catch boats and then .50cal
becomes a killer.

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